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Chapter Four
Wade was pretty sure that Zoe had fallen asleep right along with Jack, there was no more crying noises and he could see her head resting again Jack's carseat in the rearview mirror. Wade also got thinking about where Zoe was going to be spending the night, he knew from Dash's blog that the B & B was fully booked for the next few days because of the overflow from Mobile. He was sure Lavon would let Zoe stay at the plantation with him but Wade didn't think Zoe would want to be away from Jack tonight.
So he would let her take his bed tonight, tomorrow they could talk about where Zoe could stay if she didn't feel comfortable staying with him for more then one night. The couch wasn't that comfortable to sleep on but if it meant being around Zoe, Wade would sleep on it a hundred nights in a roll.
Wade hadn't called anyone to tell them about Zoe being awake or coming to BlueBell, he decide first to talk about that with Zoe see how she wanted to handle her return. Being a Father had matured Wade he now thought things through more not all the time after all he was Wade Kinsella he wouldn't be himself if he didn't do stupid things once and a while.
Pulling into his spot in front of his house Wade cut the engine off he turned around in his seat so he could look at the two loves of his life. Both fast asleep looking so cute, but Zoe was so thin it worried Wade. He hadn't asked yet just how long she had been awake from her coma but if she was this thin it couldn't have been that long right?
He got out of the suv and closed the door then walked to the back getting Zoe suitcase out making his way up the few steps on his porch entering his house walking into his bedroom he left her suitcase there. Then made his way out to wake Zoe and get Jack out of his carseat.
"Time to wake up beautiful" Wade said softly talking to Zoe as he unbuckled Jack. Getting the little boy out and still Zoe wasn't awake. "Zoe time to get up" since that didn't work so Wade went inside the house and laid Jack down on the bed. Putting a pillow on each side of Jack to make sure he didn't roll off the bed.
Wade then went back out to his Suv Zoe was still sleeping soundly so he unbuckled her seatbelt then lift her into his arms carrying her inside the house and onto the bed next to Jack. Wade decided to lay down next to Jack staring at his son and love he soon had falling asleep as well.
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The first thing Zoe seen when her eyes opened was the face of Wade Kinsella which shocked her, it took a few seconds for the memories of the events of the day to return it was still dark inside the bedroom so Zoe wasn't sure what time it was. She felt a kick in her left side and looked down to see Jack had hit her in his sleep. He was still wearing his little plaid shirt and jeans on, in fact as Zoe looked at herself and Wade they both were still dressed as well.
Needing to use the bathroom Zoe got up making sure a pillow was next to Jack. It was then she noticed she wasn't in the Gate house but instead was at the Carriage house Wade lived in her old house now? It did make sense the Carriage house was bigger then the Gate house and with Jack around Wade would need more room. Zoe got into the bathroom used it then made her way back to the bed. She crawled back in next to Jack hugging him close to her. She looked up into Wade's face and seen his eyes were opened.
"You live in the Carriage house now?" Zoe whispered looking down making sure she hadn't woke up Jack with her question.
"Yeah for about a year now, after I got Jack I was staying with Lavon up at the Plantation house. Once the Carriage house became available and Lavon had added a small kitchen and a bedroom upstairs for Jack nothing was too good for his godson, we moved in here"
"Is this my bed?" Zoe asked taking in everything Wade had just told her. The Carriage house now had another bedroom upstairs and a kitchen and Lavon was Jack's godfather.
"Yes it is" Wade said looking into Zoe's eyes "after you left for New York all your furniture was here. And your Mother pretending to be you in a email gave all of it to Lavon."
Another thing her Mother had lied to her about, when she had asked about her things she had left in BlueBell her Mother had said she paid someone to pack up all her things in put them in storage. But clearly she hadn't done that. Zoe just nodded her head their was nothing she could do about it now.
"But Lavon returned it all to Jack when were learned the truth about you being in a coma?" Wade said as he looked down at his son who Zoe was still hugging to herself. "Also he has all your clothes in storage up in the attic at the Plantation house."
"Lavon saved my clothes all this time?" Zoe asked feeling tears coming to her eyes thinking of her best friend having saved her things even after thinking she didn't want anything to do with him.
"Yeah Doc he did" Wade answered as he watch Jack hit Zoe with his arm. "You want me to put Jack to bed in his room, I'll go sleep on the couch after?"
"No I want my baby with me" Zoe replied not caring about the hit Jack just gave her. "You can stay too, I think we need to talk about what's happened in the last two years"
"You want to have that talk now in the middle of the night, shouldn't we get a good night sleep and have it in the morning?" Wade asked thinking Zoe looked really tired she needed to get some sleep.
"I don't think I can go back to sleep right now, but if your tired we can talk in the morning" Zoe utter looking around the dark room trying to see if any of her others things where still occupying it.
"No we can talk now if you want" Wade said laying on his side facing Zoe and the sleeping Jack. "How long have you been awake?"
"Almost seven months" Zoe recited holding Jack closer to her chest "At first no one noticed I was coming out of the coma I would only open my eyes for a few minutes a couple of times a day."
"And only this morning you found out about Jack?" Wade asked understanding a whole new level of betrayal that Zoe must have felt discovery his letter this morning. Her Mother had kept Jack a secret for seven months. Zoe just nodded yes to Wade's question.
"How did you get Jack?" Zoe asked not really sure how the baby ended up with his Father and not her Mother.
"That's kind of a long story mostly with your Mother being the bad guy" Wade pronounced wanting to hear more about Zoe's recovery then tell the nightmare tale of Mrs. Hart cruel treatment of Jack and him. "How long were you in the hospital after your coma?"
"I woke in a nursing facility then was taking to the hospital I stayed there for a month, after the swelling went down in my brain I was released back to the nursing facility it had a great physical therapy department." Zoe recalled out loud her journey to being able to get back to her normal self.
"How long were you in the nursing facility for?" Wade asked it sounded to him a non-doctor Zoe did not have a walk in the park after getting out of her coma. Zoe mumbled something into Jack's hair as she leaned down to kiss his head.
"Sorry I didn't catch that" Wade said looking Zoe in the eyes.
"Five months" Zoe finally answered him.
Wade's eyes went wide five months Zoe needed physical therapy for five months. How bad of a shape had she been in to need five months of physical therapy. Being in a coma for eighteen month wouldn't be easy on the human body.
"Tell me everything" Wade said as he stretched his arm so he could hug both Jack and Zoe together. "I want to know everything you've been through"
Zoe melted into Wade's one armed hug this was what she had been missing since their breakup this caring side of Wade he acted like he didn't have. But it was the side she liked the best of him or it had been before she seen him as a Dad. What she had seen of Wade so far as a Father he was awesome at it, and clearly loved Jack. He had changed his whole life around to take care of their son. Got rid of his much loved car, moved from the Gate house, and Zoe was sure many more things she didn't know about yet.
So for the next hour Zoe told Wade how she had to learn to talk again or more like the brain swelling going down so she could talk again. Then how she had to get muscle mass back so she could move her arms and legs. Then came walking again which was slow but she did get there. She even told him how she had gained back some weight she knew she needed to gain more but that would come with time. She whispered about having been on a feeding tube and the scar her stomach had from it.
Wade let Zoe tell him, her whole ordeal he had moved closer to her so that Jack was laying against Wade's stomach and he could hold her in his arms mostly. He wanted Zoe to be able to tell him without having to hold back anything. She had been through so much, his little Doc had to be the patient.
After Zoe told him about all things medical she told Wade about Jess and their friendship, how on the day of her discharge she had remember about having been pregnant after she had used Jess phone to try and call Wade. It was hearing his voice that had jogged her memory. She had wrongfully assumed she had miscarried from the accident. How her Mother had let her believe that lie. How she had locked herself in her room for a week mourning her baby. Zoe even shared with Wade how she had regretted living through the accident because she had thought her baby hadn't.
Hearing that Wade realized just how much Zoe loved Jack since finding out he was alive she had done everything in her power to get to him. She was going to be a great Mother, Wade just knew it.
"Zoe you have been through a lot" Wade said trying to hold her as close as possible with a sleeping Jack in the middle of the hug.
"Jack and Me were not going anywhere Doc, just know we love you"
Hearing that gave Zoe a small smile it was nice to know what Wade's feeling for her were, even if she didn't know what her own feelings for him were. She knew the thought of him with someone else made her heart ache, but Zoe wasn't sure if she was ready for a romantic relationship with Wade. In fact a romantic relationship with anyone right now did not sound like something she was up for. All Zoe wanted right now was her son, getting to know him. Of course Wade was going to be involved with that being it was his son too.
Seeing Wade smirking at her Zoe felt her heart beat faster perhaps she just needed a little time to get to know Jack then from there maybe her and Wade could talk about a romantic relationship.